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Matt and Chris finally read this manga horror classic by Junji Ito for our Spooky Season catch-up! Does it peak too early, or does it spiral just right? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our pal Jeremy Whitley returns to the show this week to talk about his new book, Navigating With You Vol. 2! We also talk about Terry Funk, banned books, long-distance relationships, Shaq, and much more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're back to rating swords on this week's episode, including a real-life one, a wild anime one, one from a gatcha game, one on a gravestone, and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're back to rank comic book stories this month, including some early Silver Age Green Lantern, some manga, some Marvel and DC BS, and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Longtime fave Kyle Starks is back on the show this week to discuss his Kickstarter for his new comic, Louise Sprouse Stole My Heart (And I Have Two Hours to Get It Back)! We also talk about whether he hears his characters' voices in his head, working off of gifted titles, being a horror guy, other genres he wants to work in, and much more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adcho...

The writers of Star Trek Voyager: Homecoming and Just Another Summer join us for this week's show! We talk about Star Trek being both silly and serious at the same time, what position we'd have on a starship, summer requirements, being married writing partners, and much more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After being asked about post-Kirby runs on New Gods, we figured we should take the latest try by Ram V, Evan Cagle, and a whole bunch of guest artists for a spin! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Two of the creators behind the new Dark Horse series The Big Shakedown, Jordan Blum and Scott Koblish, join us for this week's show! We talk to them about our shared love of neo-noir, why people don't draw feet, seeing L.A. landmarks get devastated, the Mario Brothers' marketing efforts, and much more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Blame it on vacation! This should have been August's Comics Catch-Up but for whatever reason, it just never got posted! So here it is: Our look at the four-issue Catwoman miniseries from 1989 by Mindy Newell and J.J. Birch! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Matt and Chris are taking your listener questions on this week's super-sized show! Among the topics: X-Men baseball, Dropout, extreme sports, Wario, and much more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Are you ready to hear Matt and Chris lose their minds over a Legends of the Dark Knight story from 2001? Listen to the end, friends! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're in the Garden with this edition of Hickmania, and Doctor Doom is facing down the Mad Celestials while Valeria and Nathaniel do everything they can to buy time! Covering FF #12-16. (Note: Matt mistated that Wrestlemania X had the first women's match -- just the first one since 2.) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're rating swords on this week's show, from a banned Magic card to a very big sucker. And can swords that have been turned into another weapon be considered as swords? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Out of the way! A cartoonist is coming! Katie Skelly returns to the show this week to talk about her new book, Heaven. Plus, some surprising influences, moving from cool-girl stories to loser-girl stories, lazy Susans, and much more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're rating one of the biggest swords around on this week's show, along with another wooden sword, a weapon of Klingon legend, and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're back and ranking comic book stories for another month, including some Dragon Ball, Spider-Man and recent stories! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hickmania continues this week with Fantastic Four #601-604, which wraps up with a pretty raw moment and what sure feels like an ending to Hickman's run. But we're just getting started! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this week's show, we're taking your listener questions about topics like which member of the Justice League we'd want to DM our D&D game, Marvel's new EIC and move to LA, and our favorite Hulk Hogan lies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this week's show, Matt and Chris are rating even more swords, including a few of major mythic importance! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Is this DG Chichester/Scott McDaniel Daredevil epic a secret hidden Marvel gem from the early '90s? Or is it as bad as everyone says? Only one way to find out! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this week's show, we're covering the super-sized, 100-page special where Fantastic Four returns during Hickman's run on the book! Not only are there some great guest artists, there might just be the best Johnny Storm story of all time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're ranking comic book stories once again, including some classic Uncle Scrooge, Judge Dredd, and X-Men stories! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're rating swords once again on this week's show, one of which Matt and Chris can't quite come to agreement on. Plus, a major top chopper and a serious bottom chopper! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Writer Fred Van Lente returns to the show this week to talk about his new Boom! Studios series Vampyrates! We obviously talk a lot about vampire lore, as well as pirate flags, what media we'd want to experience again for the first time, and what the ocean does. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's hard to deny the ambition of Frank Miller's 43-year-old breakout prestige-format series...but does it actually hold up? Our answer may surprise you (or it may not). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices